The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-12
Robert Lee and stOnswan jackson.


Inc announcement OF an artl-
Gle on Gen. Lee by Lord Wolse-
ley in the March number of Mac.
millan's Magazine, gives a timely
interest to an anonymous account
of a visit to Lees headquarter in
October, 1862, which England's
"only Generaln-then an officer on
duty in Canada-wrote for Black
woods Magazine in January, 1868.
The ''Blackwood" article is called
"a Months Visit Among The Con-
federates,' and is written in that
tone which "Blackwoodn did so
much to encourage in England
during the civil war against the
North.
Wolseley was smuggled across
the Potomac in a fishing boat in
September, 1862, and made his
way thence to Fredericksburg and
Richmond. He is full of praises
OF Richmond and the Shenandoah
Valley and takes every chance to
contrast the spirit and fire of the
the South with the cowardlce and
lnefliciency of the North. Hero is
his impression of Lee twenty-five
years ago:
In manner, though sufficiently
conversible, he is slightly reserved
but he is person that wherever
seen, whether in a castle or
hovel, alone or in a crowd, must at
once attract attention as being
splendid specimen of an English
gentleman, with one of the most
handsome faces ever saw. Every
one who approaches him does so
with marked respect, and although
there is none of that bowing and
tlourishing of forage caps which
occurs in the presence of Euro.
pean generals; and whilst all hon.
or him and place implicit faith in
his courage and ability, those with
whom he is most intimate feel for
him the affection of sons to a
father. Old Gen. Scott was cor.
rect in saying that when Lee joined
the Southern cause it was worth
as much as the accession of 10000
rebels.
Since then every injury that it
was possible to inflict the North
erners have heaped on him. His
home on the Pamunky river was
burnt to the ground and the slaves
carried away, many of them by
force; whilst his residence on
Arlington Heights was not only
gutted of its furnitHre, but even
, the very relics Of George Wash.
lngton were stolen from 1t and
paraded in the saloons of New
York and Boston. Notwithstand.
ing all these personal losses, when
speaking of the Yankees he Meth.
or evinced any bitterness of feel
ing nor gave utterance to o single
violent expression, but alluded to
many of his former friends and
companions among. them in the
kindest terms. He spoke as a
man proud of the victories won
by his country and confident of
ultimate success under the bles.
sings of the Almighty, whom he
glorlfied for past successes and
whose aid he invoked for all future
operations. He regretted that his
limited supply of tents and avail.
able accommodations would pre-.
vent him from putting us up, but
he kindly placed at our disposal
horses, or a two horsed wagon If
we preferred 1t, to drive about in.
Upon leaving him we drove to
Bunker's Hill, six miles near Mar
tinsburg, at which place Stonewall
Jackson, now of worldwide celeb.
rity, had his headquarters. With
him we spent most pleasant hour
and were agreeable surprised to
find him very affable, having been
led to expect that he was silent
and almost morose. Dressed in
his gray uniform, he looked the
hero that he is and his thin, COM
pressed lips and firm glance, which
meets yours unhinchingly, gave
evidence of that firmness aud dc.
cision of character for which he is
famous. He has a broad, open
!, forehead, from which the hair is
: we'll brushed back; a shapely
: nose, straight and rather long
thin, colorless cheeks, with only Q
small allowance of whisker; 0
cleanly shaven upper lip and chin
and a pair of fine grayish blue
eyes, rather sunken, with over
hanging browns, which intensif,
the keenness of his gaze, but with
out adding any fierceness TO ii
, Such are the general character
istics of the face, and l have only
to add that a smile seems always
? lurking about his mouth when ht
> speaks, and that although hil
!. voice partakes slightly of that
n. 4 -.